(DOC-el)Variations: Alpdaemon, Dochje, Dockeli, Doggi, ToggeliIn the vampiric lore of Germany, the dockeleis a vampiric creature similar to the ALP (see GERMAN VAMPIRES). It looks like a common house cat and it kills its victims by draining their blood through their mouth.Source: Culebras, Sleep Disorders, 86; Magyar Tu-dom?nyos Akad?mia, Acta ethnographica, 34; Meyer, Vampires of Germany, 131, 134